Judge Appoints 'Settlement Mediator' For Flint SDWA Citizen Suit Case

摘要

Parties in the contentious citizens' suit over the Flint, MI, lead contamination crisis, Concerned Pastors for Social Action, et al. v. Nick Khouri, will enter into mediation in an attempt to settle the case, according to a recent order, suggesting an effort to resolve the issue without a protracted trial. Judge David M. Lawson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, who previously ordered state and city officials to deliver bottled water to all homes in Flint that had requested it, agreed to a request from Gov. Rick Snyder (R) to appoint a "settlement master" in the case, according to the Dec. 28 order.